Re: When did the `dc' command first appear?

Brian Chase asked: I see it on the System III and Version 7 systems. I don't see it in V6 distro however. Cheers, -skots -- Scott G. Akmentins-Taylor InterNet: staylor(a)mrynet.com MRY Systems staylor(a)mrynet.lv (Skots Gregorijs Akmentins-Teilors -- just call me "Skots") ----- Labak miris neka sarkans ----- Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA27681 for pups-liszt; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:03:31 +1000 (EST) Received: from csadfa.cs.adfa.edu.au (csadfa.cs.adfa.edu.au [131.236.21.6]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA27677 for &lt;pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au&gt;au>; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:03:25 +1000 (EST) Received: from 216-80-13-97.d.enteract.com (216-80-13-90.d.enteract.com [216.80.13.90]) by csadfa.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id EAA09243 for <pups@minnie@cs.adfa.oz.au>; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:03:21 +1000 (EST) Received: (from eric@localhost) by 216-80-13-97.d.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA25814; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:15:15 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from eric) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:15:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: &lt;199910251815.NAA25814(a)216-80-13-97.d.enteract.com&gt; From: Eric Fischer &lt;enf(a)pobox.com&gt; To: bdc(a)world.std.com Subject: Re: When did the `dc' command first appear? In-Reply-To: &lt;Pine.SGI.4.04.9910250931400.1849-100000(a)world.std.com&gt; References: &lt;Pine.SGI.4.04.9910250931400.1849-100000(a)world.std.com&gt; Cc: pups@minnie@cs.adfa.oz.au Sender: owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk Brian D. Chase writes, It appears in the First Edition manual, and according to A Quarter Century of Unix, it's even older than that. "There was also a version of dc, desk calculator, a very very early program. That was actually the first program that ran on the PDP-11. It ran standalone before there was an operating system." (p. 35) eric Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA27847 for pups-liszt; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:24:20 +1000 (EST) Received: from scapa.cs.ualberta.ca (root(a)scapa.cs.ualberta.ca [129.128.4.44]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA27843 for &lt;pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au&gt;au>; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:24:12 +1000 (EST) Received: (from localhost user: 'mark' uid#150 fake: goodfare.cs.ualberta.ca) by scapa.cs.ualberta.ca id <S433932AbPJYSXv>; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:23:51 -0600 Subject: Re: When did the `dc' command first appear? In-Reply-To: &lt;Pine.SGI.4.04.9910250931400.1849-100000(a)world.std.com&gt; from Brian D Chase at "Oct 25, 1999 09:34:40 am" From: Mark Green &lt;mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca&gt; To: bdc(a)world.std.com (Brian D Chase) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:23:48 -0600 (MDT) Cc: pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL53 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: &lt;19991025182355Z433932-29789+188(a)scapa.cs.ualberta.ca&gt; Sender: owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk > I think it was in 6th, but thats straining my memory a bit. -- Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca Professor (780) 492-4584 Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS) Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX) University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada